Daniel Fang

Founder

San Francisco, California, United States7 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Founder of AI-driven gaming company Glade.
Developed award-winning multiplayer ARPG in Unreal Engine.
Active angel investor in multiple seed stage startups.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused entrepreneur with expertise in AI and game development.

Contact

daniel@gladestudio.ai LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipGame DevelopmentAiCorporate FinanceFinancial Analysis

Other Skills

C++Customer ServiceData AnalysisFinancial ModelingFinancial ReportingInterpersonal SkillsManagementMarket ResearchMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordPortfolio ManagementPresentationsPublic Speaking

About

Founder and CEO of Glade (YC S23). Glade is powering the next generation of games with AI. We built GladeCore, a lightweight, on-device LLM built for games. Turn NPCs into dynamic characters with natural conversations, speech recognition, and AI-generated responses - all with no latency, per-interaction costs, or cloud dependency. We're also building GladeKit, an AI agent that lives in your game engine and builds games with you. Previous experience in AI, game development, finance/investing. Built a 3D, multiplayer fantasy style ARPG in Unreal Engine that won GDC Best in Play. Worked on the strategic finance team of Navan (2025 IPO) in evaluating strategic projects with the Growth team, while managing corporate financial models / forecasts and IPO readiness. Active angel investor, invested in multiple seed stage startups.

Experience

7 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 10 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs

Current Experience

Glade

Founder & CEO

Jun 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

Glade is building the next generation of AI-driven games and technologies. Our flagship product, GladeCore is a LLM platform that enables seamless integration of real-time, locally hosted AI characters into games with zero cloud dependency. We also built GladeKit, an AI agent that lives in your game engine and builds games with you.
GladeKit (Unity, Soft Launch): https://github.com/Glade-tool/GladeKitUnity
GladeCore (Unreal Engine Plugin): https://fab.com/s/b141277edaae
GladeCore (Unity Plugin): https://u3d.as/3H4f

EntrepreneurshipManagementGame DevelopmentAI

Navan

3 roles

Strategic Finance Manager

Promoted

Nov 2022 – Jun 2023 · 7 mos

Navan provides travel, expense, and corporate card management to automate manual processes and drive spend visibility.
Prepared the company for IPO by improving and updating corporate models and forecasts while working with bankers
Served as the key finance partner for all topline metrics/reporting, while developing and maintaining the corporate models
Built the revenue forecast and bookings regression model by aggregating and analyzing data from our data warehouse, and created the new region/segment split model used to hire support agents by language needs
Engaged with the travel support, travel operations, and corporate development teams as their primary business partner
Invited to Presidents Club 2022: ~50 top performers of the entire company (> 1000 people) selected

Financial ReportingCorporate FinanceStrategic PlanningFinancial AnalysisFinancial Modeling

Senior Strategic Finance Analyst

Promoted

May 2022 – Nov 2022 · 6 mos

Strategic Finance Analyst

Aug 2021 – May 2022 · 9 mos

Ocean tomo

Valuation & Strategy Analyst

Mar 2019 – Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Ocean Tomo is a merchant bank that provides financial products and services, including valuation, investment banking, expert testimony, research, ratings, investments, and risk management.
Engagements Involved In:
Electric Vehicle/Battery Industry: Multiple patent valuations for companies in the lithium-ion and lithium-metal battery industry looking to commercialize their products in the EV space
Pharmaceutical Industry: Multiple drug candidate valuation projects for a clinical stage immune-oncology company in the pharmaceutical industry, and one drug candidate valuation for a company looking to monetize a new drug related to Lupus (SLE)
OTT Industry: Financial damages analysis for an online video platform company in the multichannel television industry
Retail Industry: Brand IP valuations and strategic planning engagements for four leading companies in the department store and clothing retail industry
Food Products Industry: Business valuation for a company developing a new rare sugar production technology
Social Networking Industry: Assisted the IRS in litigation related to a social networking company's technology transfer
Semiconductor Industry: Royalty rate analysis for a major company in the Global 50, tax valuation for a company holding valuable semiconductor packaging patents
Entertainment Industry: Led a brand valuation for one of the largest production companies in the performing arts industry
Airline Industry: Multiple brand valuations for leading air travel/air freight companies in South America
Smart Home Industry: Brand valuations for a company in the smart home, speakers, and lighting industry
Cannabis Industry: Appointed as the firm's expert analyst on the cannabis industry, which involves conducting market research, leading valuation engagements related to cannabis, and drafting industry reports